UFC 148 may be the biggest card of the summer, and knock on wood, it hasn't been completely turned upside down due to injuries, despite the fact that injury riddled cards are quickly becoming the standard. On a card filled with compelling match-ups, one of the standouts is Melvin Guillard vs. Fabricio Camoes. Guillard has had a rough patch in his last two bouts, but considers them effective learning tools in his continuing evolution as a fighter. In a recent TapouT Radio interview, Melvin discusses his transition from being a young knucklead (his own words) to a mature, yet still ambitious competitor.

Again with this talk? I could've sworn Melvin was campaigning for a LW tourney when he, Diaz, Cerrone, Miller, Siver etc all had win streaks. Now he's dropped in the rankings and he wants a 16 man tourney? Things have kind of started to work themselves out at 155, so it's really unnecessary at this point, imo.

Tournaments are great in theory but they have a limited appeal in modern MMA in my opinion. It is just too difficult to keep a large tournament within a time frame that keeps it both legitimate and interesting when you have some commissions that issue precautionary medical suspensions whether a fighter is injured or not, let alone the lengthy suspensions they levy on fighters who are injured or sustain a KO/TKO (definitely a good thing though). I suppose Bellator uses a tourny format, and Strikeforce attempted it, but neither really had the same feel, or appeal that the tournaments in Asia had. That is just my feelings though, I know there are still a lot of people who enjoy tournaments, regardless of how long they take to complete.

On a side note Melvin would get RNC'd in the first round of the tournament

I would enjoy the hell out of it but at the same time it just doesn't work with modern day mma. I guarantee at least 25% of the fighters would have to pull out due to injury and on top of that, we'd have to wait the better part of 2 years to see it finally conclude.